Thursday, September 15, 2016

I'm participating in a Leaf swap hosted by Nanner on atcsforall.com, and am having fun playing around with the watercolor layered backgrounds. These all use a base of watercolor wash, and then layers of stencil shapes also with watercolor. Here's where I am with four of the leaves - these are all around 6-1/2 inches long and are 140# watercolor paper.

For the one green leaf with tree, I used a tree outline stencil and walnut ink spray. I kinda like it, but need to work it over a bit. I think a bird will end up in there somewhere. I'm debating how to edge all the leaves with color without making a mess and/or ruining it. :)

This is a background using Twinkling H20's - which may also become a leaf, or perhaps it will be something else entirely. We'll see!

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Several weeks ago, Wendy at Stampadoodle did a demo on watercolor collage. I've been playing around with the technique since... and thought I'd share a couple of artist trading cards I've created. These use watercolors and stencils, with some sketching. Mushrooms!

This one is in process - I need to add the sketch details.

These all started from this master sheet, which I cut into the ATC backgrounds.

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About Me

I'm a self taught artist and photographer totally hooked on nature.
I live in the Pacific Northwest with my husband, where we're lucky to have both ocean and mountains just a few minutes from home. Taking long walks exploring the area's flora and fauna is our greatest pleasure. Did I mention I love birds?
Gardening for wildlife is a high priority, as is growing our own organic produce.
We live the reuse, reduce, recycle motto!
Life is good!